Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflexions, refractions, inflexions and colours of light. Also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures (1704)
Author: Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727; Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860, former owner
Subject: Optics
Publisher: London : Printed for Sam. Smith, and Benj. Walford, Printers to the Royal Society, at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard
Year: 1704
Language: English
Call number: 39999062390776
Digitizing sponsor: Boston Public Library
Book contributor: Boston Public Library
Collection: bostonpubliclibrary; americana
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Bound separately: 16 pages of handwritten corrections and additions attributed to Newton. [Expert analysis has discredited this attribution.]
Inscription on front flyleaf: This volume contains corrections & additions in the handwriting of Mr. Newton. [signed] Theodore Parker [Expert analysis has discredited this attribution.]
The first book of opticks -- The second book of opticks -- The third book of opticks -- Enumeratio linearum tertii ordinis -- Tractatus de quadratura curvarum. Includes errata page
Parker, Theodore
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